Re: historic recording materials

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raphael@xxxxxxxx: ≪[Aeolian pianos] were a close to ideal
synthesis of analog and digital: the pneumatic system particularly of
the later pianos was quite sensitive, and phrasing essentially perfectly
captured. but it is a little weird to behold one of the old Aeolians
thundering out a Cortot or Hoffman or Rachmaninoff performance, like a
ghost playing a recital. ≫
Rachmaninoff was very impressed with the technology and made many
recordings using the Aeolian recording piano. After having heard a
playback of one of his performances, he once said, "I have just heard
myself playing."